Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:20:05 -0500
From: Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org>
Doc Shipley wrote:
I paid $100 for mine, but it had a 6900 page
count. 4000 models go
cheaper.
No idea where you got it; ebay shows >$200 for models that have 35K
pagecount. One 4050 was selling for $79, but it had an 800K (!!!)
pagecount, is that possible? Can these things last nearly one million
pages?
It seems to vary a great deal with time. A few months ago there was
a surplus dealer selling LJ4050s with Postscript and after the first
bunch sold at higher prices, the remainder were selling for $40 -
$80, plus shipping.
If the original poster's only requirement is 600 dpi, then consider
the HP LJ 4 Plus or 4M Plus (the M denotes postscript included).
Those did 600 dpi, but are quite old by now. I think they're very
cool though, because they had an optional 500 page paper tray and an
optional duplexer, and these options just made the printer higher,
they didn't increase the small footprint.
<digression> Though for small footprint it's really hard to beat the
TI Microlaser Plus from around 1989 - 1991. Unfortunately, you'd be
hard pressed to find one with working pick-up rollers (not exit
rollers, which are easily replaced) and the pick-up rollers are no
longer available anywhere. But it was 300 dpi, so not really
relevant to this discussion. BTW, does anyone want to come by
Austin, TX and pick two up? One has Postscript and a LocalTalk
port, but has the pickup roller problem. It has new exit rollers and
the maximum RAM installed. The second one I don't know much about as
I picked it up to scavenge the pick up rollers out of. I've got a
couple of new toner cartridges, an OPC drum, and a developer kit too.
Since we bought the LJ2100 keeping the TI ML wheezing along seems
kind of pointless. </digression>
The 4050 does 1200 X 1200 dpi, I believe. The LJ2100 is a nice
little printer and also does 1200 dpi. The Computer Works store in
San Antonio has been selling a couple of pallets of LJ2100s for $80
each (IIRC) and of course they're available on Ebay as well. The
ones in SA have anywere from 10^4 pages to 3 X 10^5 page count,
depending on how busy the office from which they came was.
Jeff Walther